occasionally bombarding the headquarters in an irregular manner

March 10, 2012

'small groups of Western protesters, usually nude'

This looks promising: an ongoing detailed analysis of character blocking on Weibo, word by word. Doesn't bother with the wonder of the internet stuff, just goes straight to mapping the CPC's neural pathways. Also, I like the fact that it starts with 'foot fetishes'.

The Four Gentlemen appear to be plants: orchid, bamboo, plum blossom and chrysanthemum. Popular subjects for Chinese paintings. No idea why they'd be banned from Weibo though. Maybe people have been spamming it with offers to sell scroll paintings?

Three-colour cats could be Maneki Neko, which are Japanese but popular in China. Maybe this is another spam marketing thing.

I am getting <"http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20110607000090&cid=1604&MainCatID=16">Four Gentlemen of Beijing as a banned protest group, and two of them were recently let out of jail which would make it topical.

Hi, I run Blocked on Weibo and this is awesome! Thanks so much for your suggestions, and I think quite a few are dead on (I posted an article about the Deauville Asian film festival yesterday http://blockedonweibo.tumblr.com/post/19195760772/deauville-duoweier-is-a-famed-seaside) and updated the Four Gentlemen article as well. I'll certainly need help as I go forward and tag the other 1,300 or so words on my list and when I do, I hope I can call on your help to decipher some of the other sensitive words that befuddle me. Thanks again.

FYI, Jason, PETN is an explosive, popular with terrorists. I've looked it up and there is an Icheon in Korea as well, but no idea why it should be banned. There are Tone Rivers in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Somerset.